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" Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour. "
Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion - Page 313
1852
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Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters

John Bach McMaster - 1887 - 326 pages
...thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says : Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if tftou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something uscful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ...

Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 pages
...Sheridan: The Rivals. Act 1. Sc. 2. LEISURE. Employ thy time well, if thp,, meanest to gain leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. 3112 Benjamin Franklin : Poor Richard's Almanac. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure...
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Echoes of Life: Or, Beautiful Gems of Poetry & Song. A Choice Collection of ...

Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...pays debts, while despair increaseth them. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster ...

1891 - 508 pages
...thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour I Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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Echoes of Life Or, Beautiful Gems of Poetry and Song: A Choice Collection of ...

Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...pays debts, while despair increaseth them. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present ...

Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 pages
...thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is tune for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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Aim High: Hints and Helps for Young Men

William M. Thayer - 1895 - 200 pages
...time must be the greatest prodigality." " Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." " But dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." " Sloth,...
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Hazen's Fourth Reader

Marshman William Hazen - 1895 - 452 pages
...my friend, what Poor Richard says : ' Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 220 pages
...thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy...
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